Emyn Dean
@emyndean.bsky.social
I think about things. Interdisciplinary computer/social scientist, mostly data, anthropology, ethics, language. Intersex.
Top 5 Film Genres:
- existential crisis in space
- humour so obscure, you wonder if it's actually funny or if you're just trying to feel intelligent
- animated peril
- relatable villain
- just very old
- existential crisis in space
- humour so obscure, you wonder if it's actually funny or if you're just trying to feel intelligent
- animated peril
- relatable villain
- just very old
Top 5 film genres
-monster romance (underwater?)
- black and white, practical-effects-heavy almost-horror featuring 2 main characters
-hot scientist with tattoos is anxious
-Godzilla (Japanese only)
- you’ve got mail
-monster romance (underwater?)
- black and white, practical-effects-heavy almost-horror featuring 2 main characters
-hot scientist with tattoos is anxious
-Godzilla (Japanese only)
- you’ve got mail
Top five film genres:
- stop-motion
- Visually luscious and color-saturated surreal fanciful/gothic pieces
- Horror Comedy
- cosmic/body horror with gnarly practical effects
- things happen under the ground
honorable mention: mindfuck
- stop-motion
- Visually luscious and color-saturated surreal fanciful/gothic pieces
- Horror Comedy
- cosmic/body horror with gnarly practical effects
- things happen under the ground
honorable mention: mindfuck
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Top 5 Film Genres:
- existential crisis in space
- humour so obscure, you wonder if it's actually funny or if you're just trying to feel intelligent
- animated peril
- relatable villain
- just very old
- existential crisis in space
- humour so obscure, you wonder if it's actually funny or if you're just trying to feel intelligent
- animated peril
- relatable villain
- just very old
- sensitivity to injustice
- has named at least one wild animal
- is not allergic to soup
- has named at least one wild animal
- is not allergic to soup
11. What qualities do you look for in other people?
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
- sensitivity to injustice
- has named at least one wild animal
- is not allergic to soup
- has named at least one wild animal
- is not allergic to soup
the truth? well one day i thought, "it's not good for a woman to be alone", so i made her fall into a deep sleep and formed from her rib another woman, and honestly I was pretty drunk at the time but I think it turned out well
I have a fascination with men who fully believe lesbians were invented in the year X by dude Y. In this case, a photo shoot with Rita Guerrero & Julieta Venegas from the 90s, the belief was that they were mimicking a Type O Negative album cover which invented women almost kissing.
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
the truth? well one day i thought, "it's not good for a woman to be alone", so i made her fall into a deep sleep and formed from her rib another woman, and honestly I was pretty drunk at the time but I think it turned out well
Eminem, because he gave me my nickname
Latifah
Tupac
Missy Elliott
Meghan Thee Stallion
Latifah
Tupac
Missy Elliott
Meghan Thee Stallion
6. Who are your top five rappers of all time (male or female)?
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Eminem, because he gave me my nickname
Latifah
Tupac
Missy Elliott
Meghan Thee Stallion
Latifah
Tupac
Missy Elliott
Meghan Thee Stallion
sunset
2. What is your favorite time of day?
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
sunset
Emma, the annoying one from Jane Austen
1. What fictional character are you most like?
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Emma, the annoying one from Jane Austen
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people think this is an original joke because they weren't following me on Twitter twenty years ago
*spins wheel*
Richard Tice
should be afraid of
*spins wheel*
myspace
Richard Tice
should be afraid of
*spins wheel*
myspace
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
people think this is an original joke because they weren't following me on Twitter twenty years ago
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"I am currently on leave from the Religious Studies Department. If you need to contact me, see my alternate email address on my department page. If you are trying to contact a minister, I don't blame you, but that's actually not what most people in religious studies do."
I am currently out of the philosophy department on parental leave. if this inquiry is about classes for next semester, please email the chair of the department. if your inquiry is about the nature or existence of the external world, please consult René Descartes' work
Just got the best out-of-office message I've ever seen from a fellow academic:
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"I am currently on leave from the Religious Studies Department. If you need to contact me, see my alternate email address on my department page. If you are trying to contact a minister, I don't blame you, but that's actually not what most people in religious studies do."
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2 in every 100 people are intersex. Every time LGBTQ+ rights are under attack, intersex people’s healthcare, dignity and autonomy are at stake.
This Intersex Day of Solidarity, join orgs like @interact.bsky.social in the fight for intersex rights. 💜💛 interactadvocates.org/get-involved/
This Intersex Day of Solidarity, join orgs like @interact.bsky.social in the fight for intersex rights. 💜💛 interactadvocates.org/get-involved/
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
2 in every 100 people are intersex. Every time LGBTQ+ rights are under attack, intersex people’s healthcare, dignity and autonomy are at stake.
This Intersex Day of Solidarity, join orgs like @interact.bsky.social in the fight for intersex rights. 💜💛 interactadvocates.org/get-involved/
This Intersex Day of Solidarity, join orgs like @interact.bsky.social in the fight for intersex rights. 💜💛 interactadvocates.org/get-involved/
when you're a romulan and you need to shoot something but it's on your flank,
"hard left disruptors."
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
when you're a romulan and you need to shoot something but it's on your flank,
So, it turns out Facebook isn't removing bots anymore (a thread)...
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So, it turns out Facebook isn't removing bots anymore (a thread)...
hard men make gentle hobbits
gentle hobbits make hard times
hard times make rings of power
gentle hobbits make hard times
hard times make rings of power
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
hard men make gentle hobbits
gentle hobbits make hard times
hard times make rings of power
gentle hobbits make hard times
hard times make rings of power
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
The Caerphilly by-election has had the highest turnout of any by-election in Wales, and the highest in the UK since Tiverton and Honiton (2022).
This could be a sign that the apathy dominating British politics during and since the 2024 election may already be waning.
This could be a sign that the apathy dominating British politics during and since the 2024 election may already be waning.
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Caerphilly by-election has had the highest turnout of any by-election in Wales, and the highest in the UK since Tiverton and Honiton (2022).
This could be a sign that the apathy dominating British politics during and since the 2024 election may already be waning.
This could be a sign that the apathy dominating British politics during and since the 2024 election may already be waning.
It seems likely that the Green Party is the third largest party in the UK, or will be sometime this week.
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It seems likely that the Green Party is the third largest party in the UK, or will be sometime this week.
gonna change my name just to annoy Richard Tice
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
gonna change my name just to annoy Richard Tice
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Support for staying in the ECHR has been rising (probably a Farage effect of solidifying the majority who oppose him, maybe Trump osmosis effect). Media and political opinion on the right believes there is a strong public desire to quit. Badenoch has now committed the Conservatives to quitting.
October 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Support for staying in the ECHR has been rising (probably a Farage effect of solidifying the majority who oppose him, maybe Trump osmosis effect). Media and political opinion on the right believes there is a strong public desire to quit. Badenoch has now committed the Conservatives to quitting.
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Researchers at Oxford University are recruiting caregivers of LGBT+ youth for a study on stigma & family relationships. It is an online survey that takes 20-30 minutes, and all answers are anonymised. Please visit : psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Researchers at Oxford University are recruiting caregivers of LGBT+ youth for a study on stigma & family relationships. It is an online survey that takes 20-30 minutes, and all answers are anonymised. Please visit : psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
Moderate Expectations
My Brief Acquaintance
Pamphlet of a City
Nice House
Average-sized Dorritt
Normal Times
A Christmas Wham
The Mid-century Supermarket
My Brief Acquaintance
Pamphlet of a City
Nice House
Average-sized Dorritt
Normal Times
A Christmas Wham
The Mid-century Supermarket
Make a book mid:
We Have Always Lived in the Terraced House
Dr Who and the Dalek Invasion of Luton
The Masque of the Red Herpes
The Brief Fart in the Willows
We Have Always Lived in the Terraced House
Dr Who and the Dalek Invasion of Luton
The Masque of the Red Herpes
The Brief Fart in the Willows
Make a book mid:
The OBE of the Rings
Godniggler
Pyritefinger
One Hopped Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The OBE of the Rings
Godniggler
Pyritefinger
One Hopped Over the Cuckoo's Nest
June 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Moderate Expectations
My Brief Acquaintance
Pamphlet of a City
Nice House
Average-sized Dorritt
Normal Times
A Christmas Wham
The Mid-century Supermarket
My Brief Acquaintance
Pamphlet of a City
Nice House
Average-sized Dorritt
Normal Times
A Christmas Wham
The Mid-century Supermarket
well, this is the stupidest thing I've read in the NYT in six or seven minutes
I would never presume to lecture a computer scientist on how to teach their material, as I am unqualified.
This computer scientist should not pontificate about teaching subjects where he is unqualified.
Teaching about race is political. Full stop.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
This computer scientist should not pontificate about teaching subjects where he is unqualified.
Teaching about race is political. Full stop.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
Opinion | I Teach Computer Science, and That Is All
Politics has no place at universities or in the classroom.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
well, this is the stupidest thing I've read in the NYT in six or seven minutes
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i dug up the original patent for bluesky from 2019 and what i found was chilling
May 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
i dug up the original patent for bluesky from 2019 and what i found was chilling
Sky is broadcasting Mark Carney's news conference, but doesn't seem to have a French translator. So we'll get about half of it, I guess
May 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sky is broadcasting Mark Carney's news conference, but doesn't seem to have a French translator. So we'll get about half of it, I guess